Day 3

Merchant of Venice Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Act III

Common Core Objectives

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's...

You are essentially correct. Bassanio laments about how people are too concerned with outward appearances rather than the substance inside. He also thinks that, if this is indeed a test, nobody will suspect lead of carrying such treasure.